This was an idea I had back for week 20s theme about mysteries but I was too busy with class. My arm hurts from all the photoshopping this took.

On a pensive note: Anyone notice how scared of the Princess Twilight is during the show. She expects outrageous punishments for anyone that displeases her but Celestia never overreacts. Twilight is supposed to be her protege so she should know the Princess the best so Celestia must have done some really horrible things to other ponies in front of Twilight.

"Whomever stole the royal pudding is going to be turned inside-out and forced to work in the salt mine for all eternity!"

Heheh, there actually are some people who assume friends and relatives are going to turn on them at the drop of a hat. I should know, I'm one of them. It's little more than paranoia, I assure you. She freaks out not because of logical connections(which is odd because it's Twilight we're talking about) but because it is her greatest fear.

I doubt that would work. Discord is a spirit and the spell seems to be pretty thin. They might set him free in an attempt to smash him or maybe they wouldn't even be able to scratch the stone that now coats him.

That is a good question. Personally I think Celestia only raises the sun in her kingdom but if she raises it for the whole world then I suspect that whatever local ruler would imprison whomever she banished just to stay on her good side.

If her power is limited to her kingdom then she would have to ask it as a favor which the local ruler would probably accept knowing that they could leverage a favor out of Celestia in the future.